Melisa Marsman

Melisa Marsman is an Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. She holds a BA from York University, a JD and LLM from Dalhousie University, and was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2006.

• Education: BA (York), JD (Dalhousie), LLM (Dalhousie)
• Bar Admission: Nova Scotia

Marsman’s research focuses on African Nova Scotians and the Law, Critical Race Legal Theory, Legal History, and Property Law. Her work examines systemic racial disparities in land ownership and wealth distribution, exemplified by her LLM thesis on the role of property law in racial wealth gaps in Nova Scotia.

She has taught courses in African Nova Scotian Legal History, Business Associations, Professional Responsibility, and Sale of Goods. Her community involvement includes collaboration with the Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust and Dalhousie University’s African Nova Scotian Strategy Working Group.

• Award: Purdy Crawford Fellow (2022-2023)